After a cop--under the pretense of "failing to comply"--clubs and pepper sprays a 21-year-old man with Down Syndrome sending him to the hospital; the family is offered a turkey by the officer's superiors.

12. shouldn't need it, but just in case...

3. "Woops ... hey, sorry 'bout that"

I'm hearing impaired and I worry that some time some cowboy with a badge will mumble some request to me and I won't comply soon enough to suit him because I didn't hear or understand properly, then things will turn real bad real quick. I seem to read stories just like this one way too often.

6. Don't have to be hearing-impaired

I was pulled over by a CHP; I didn't understand the instructions he was barking at me over the PA system. I finally did figure out what he wanted and did it, but he was seriously ready to administer a beatdown when he got to my car. I think the only thing that saved me that night was that I am a middle aged white guy.

10. You'd think so, but it hasn't so far.

What's the tipping point for police brutality? There's as much of that as there are school shootings. At least that's my guess, and no, I don't have any stats to back that up. Shooting, so to speak, from the hip. Pardon the turn of phrase.